{"id":295224,"date":"2025-10-11T17:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T17:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/295224\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T17:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T17:42:15","slug":"thieves-targeting-jeep-wranglers-in-west-la-lapd-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/295224\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves targeting Jeep Wranglers in West LA, LAPD warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>LOS ANGELES<\/strong> &#8211; Police are warning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/los-angeles\/west-la\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Los Angeles<\/a> residents about a recent increase in the theft of newer model <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/auto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeep Wranglers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/organization\/lapd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Los Angeles Police Department&#8217;<\/a>s Wilshire Station, authorities have seen a troubling rise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPkCy5xgRsJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in thefts targeting<\/a> newer model Jeep Wranglers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">These vehicles are being broken into, started, and driven away within minutes. The thieves are also reportedly disabling the factory-installed GPS systems, making it difficult for police to recover the stolen vehicles.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTTV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">To protect their vehicles, owners are advised not to rely solely on the factory security systems, as these are being bypassed.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Authorities recommend installing a secondary GPS tracker in a hidden location and using a steering wheel lock or brake pedal lock to deter quick getaways.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Parking in well-lit and secure areas with surveillance cameras is also recommended.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Owners should consider installing aftermarket immobilizers or kill switches and should report any suspicious activity to the LAPD or other local authorities immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information for this story is from the LAPD Wilshire Station.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/los-angeles-county\/los-angeles\/west-la\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Los Angeles<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/auto\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cars and Trucks<\/a> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES &#8211; Police are warning West Los Angeles residents about a recent increase in the theft of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":295225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[5673,1582,276,6082,2961,1165,224,6080,5337,50,68,60837],"class_list":{"0":"post-295224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-auto","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-lifestyle","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-county","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-west-la"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115356771962345418","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}